Job Summary
Are you looking for a consultant post in a dynamic hospital that embraces change? Have you got a background in Geriatric Medicine, Neurology, Acute Medicine, or Rehabilitation Medicine? Do you want to improve your work-life balance? Would you like an annualised job plan, working with great colleagues? Would you want a hybrid post with Neurology, General Medicine, or Acute Medicine?
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit Stroke consultants as part of a planned expansion of the team based at Royal Derby Hospital.
Forward-thinking and innovative, the team is recognised as a Primary Stroke centre with a strong research emphasis. We provide a full range of patient-focused services, including hyper-acute & acute stroke care, inpatient rehabilitation, and early supported discharge. We also deliver a comprehensive TIA service.
Working closely with colleagues across the Trust within radiology, neurology, vascular surgery, and critical care, we aim for the highest standards of patient care across both sites.
We have the flexibility to provide a bespoke job plan that encompasses your academic, teaching, or research interests. We can also offer an annualised job plan, LTFT, relocation, and incentive packages.
Main Duties of the Job The Stroke Centre provides Stroke & TIA services for University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. The geographical area served is wide, and the population diverse. We currently treat around 1400 stroke patients per year.
There are currently 7 stroke specialist consultants within the Centre, supported by a team of junior doctors in training grades, Clinical Nurse Specialists, and a well-established multidisciplinary team of stroke-specific allied health professionals. Our core clinical team is enhanced by a dedicated Neuroradiology team and a nationally recognised Vascular Radiology service. The regional vascular surgery unit is co-located with the Stroke Centre; the neurovascular MDT provides rapid access to carotid surgery enabling surgical treatment of carotid lesions within a week of symptom onset. TIA clinics run daily with 7-day access to vascular imaging and relevant neuroradiology.
About Us As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people, and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness, and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust, and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return, we will offer:
Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development.
On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes.
Key Facts About Our Trust
We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
Job Description The Job Plan will be a prospective agreement that sets out the consultant's duties, responsibilities & objectives for the coming year. It will cover all aspects of the consultant's professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education & managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal & external. In addition, it will include personal objectives, including details of their link to wider service objectives, & details of the support required by the consultant to fulfil the job plan & the objectives.
We offer bespoke job plans within the specialty with a view to accommodating individual interests.
As a Trust, we also champion the health and well-being of our staff through initiatives such as flexible working requests from all employees, regardless of their personal responsibilities and circumstances (subject to manager's approval).
Examples of flexible working include:
Part-time working
Compressed hours
Employment breaks
Provisional assessment of Programmed Activities in Job Plan:
For a full-time contract: Direct Clinical Care: 8.5 PAs on average per week (includes clinical activity, clinically related activity, predictable & unpredictable emergency work).
Supporting Professional Activities: 1.5 PAs on average per week (includes CPD, audit, teaching & research).
An additional 1.5 PAs are included for weekend working.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential
MBBS/MBCH & possess MRCP
Full GMC Registration with a license to practise
Desirable
Higher degree / MD / PhD
CCT in Stroke Medicine or Neurology
GCP certification
Experience Essential
5 years' supervised training in an appropriate StR equivalent training programme, together with a high standard of clinical skill & expertise in Acute Medicine, General Medicine and/or Stroke Medicine, or Neurology or Geriatrics.
Desirable
Comprehensive technical competence and experience in Stroke & TIA service delivery.
Managerial & Teaching Essential
Experience of audit & management.
Experience of & commitment to teaching undergraduates & postgraduates.
Commitment to participate in induction/appraisal of junior medical staff.
Desirable
Evidence of training in clinical teaching methods.
Research Desirable
Publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Experience of enrolling & consenting patients into trials; ICH-GCP qualification.
Postgraduate research degree, PhD, MD etc.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
For further information visit the
UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.
Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer Details Employer Name:
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address:
Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, DE22 3NE
Employer's Website:
https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Are you looking for a consultant post in a dynamic hospital that embraces change? Have you got a background in Geriatric Medicine, Neurology, Acute Medicine, or Rehabilitation Medicine? Do you want to improve your work-life balance? Would you like an annualised job plan, working with great colleagues? Would you want a hybrid post with Neurology, General Medicine, or Acute Medicine?
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit Stroke consultants as part of a planned expansion of the team based at Royal Derby Hospital.
Forward-thinking and innovative, the team is recognised as a Primary Stroke centre with a strong research emphasis. We provide a full range of patient-focused services, including hyper-acute & acute stroke care, inpatient rehabilitation, and early supported discharge. We also deliver a comprehensive TIA service.
Working closely with colleagues across the Trust within radiology, neurology, vascular surgery, and critical care, we aim for the highest standards of patient care across both sites.
We have the flexibility to provide a bespoke job plan that encompasses your academic, teaching, or research interests. We can also offer an annualised job plan, LTFT, relocation, and incentive packages.
Main Duties of the Job The Stroke Centre provides Stroke & TIA services for University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. The geographical area served is wide, and the population diverse. We currently treat around 1400 stroke patients per year.
There are currently 7 stroke specialist consultants within the Centre, supported by a team of junior doctors in training grades, Clinical Nurse Specialists, and a well-established multidisciplinary team of stroke-specific allied health professionals. Our core clinical team is enhanced by a dedicated Neuroradiology team and a nationally recognised Vascular Radiology service. The regional vascular surgery unit is co-located with the Stroke Centre; the neurovascular MDT provides rapid access to carotid surgery enabling surgical treatment of carotid lesions within a week of symptom onset. TIA clinics run daily with 7-day access to vascular imaging and relevant neuroradiology.
About Us As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people, and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness, and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust, and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return, we will offer:
Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development.
On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes.
Key Facts About Our Trust
We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
Job Description The Job Plan will be a prospective agreement that sets out the consultant's duties, responsibilities & objectives for the coming year. It will cover all aspects of the consultant's professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education & managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal & external. In addition, it will include personal objectives, including details of their link to wider service objectives, & details of the support required by the consultant to fulfil the job plan & the objectives.
We offer bespoke job plans within the specialty with a view to accommodating individual interests.
As a Trust, we also champion the health and well-being of our staff through initiatives such as flexible working requests from all employees, regardless of their personal responsibilities and circumstances (subject to manager's approval).
Examples of flexible working include:
Part-time working
Compressed hours
Employment breaks
Provisional assessment of Programmed Activities in Job Plan:
For a full-time contract: Direct Clinical Care: 8.5 PAs on average per week (includes clinical activity, clinically related activity, predictable & unpredictable emergency work).
Supporting Professional Activities: 1.5 PAs on average per week (includes CPD, audit, teaching & research).
An additional 1.5 PAs are included for weekend working.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential
MBBS/MBCH & possess MRCP
Full GMC Registration with a license to practise
Desirable
Higher degree / MD / PhD
CCT in Stroke Medicine or Neurology
GCP certification
Experience Essential
5 years' supervised training in an appropriate StR equivalent training programme, together with a high standard of clinical skill & expertise in Acute Medicine, General Medicine and/or Stroke Medicine, or Neurology or Geriatrics.
Desirable
Comprehensive technical competence and experience in Stroke & TIA service delivery.
Managerial & Teaching Essential
Experience of audit & management.
Experience of & commitment to teaching undergraduates & postgraduates.
Commitment to participate in induction/appraisal of junior medical staff.
Desirable
Evidence of training in clinical teaching methods.
Research Desirable
Publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Experience of enrolling & consenting patients into trials; ICH-GCP qualification.
Postgraduate research degree, PhD, MD etc.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
For further information visit the
UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.
Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer Details Employer Name:
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address:
Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, DE22 3NE
Employer's Website:
https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/
#J-18808-Ljbffr
